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Yale Finally Renames Racist College. Can These Offensive Names Get Updated Too?
Yale University finally decided to rename its Calhoun College after someone who actually deserves the honor.
Long Before Sanctuary Cities, Here’s How Black Americans Protected Fugitive Slaves
Before the abolition of slavery, free black people openly defied the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 that sanctioned slavery.
Mass Surveillance and “Smart Totalitarianism“
Under neoliberalism, state and corporate power have fused, using technology to transform private life into a system of total domination.
Mystery Surrounds Guantánamo Detainee’s “Suicide“
Why did key evidence concerning the alleged “suicide” of Guantanamo detainee Al Hanashi go missing?
How Will Native Tribes Fight the Dakota Access Pipeline in Court?
The Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux filed new motions to halt the pipeline's construction and operation.
Scholarships Presented to Black Youth in North Carolina Recall Kochs’ Troubling History on Education and Race
Scholarships are part of a broader effort by Fueling US Forward to tout the “positives” of fossil fuels.
ALEC Embraces Trumpism
ALEC and Trump are unlikely lovers.
Peter Thiel Advises the President While Palantir Plays Shadow CIA
Efforts are underway to expose Peter Thiel and his firm Palantir's shadowy role in the Trump White House.
Are Americans Ready to Strike?
This past October, women in Poland used a mass strike to stop an abortion ban. Organizers in the US are looking to similar tactics.
When the Government Really Did Fear a Bowling Green Massacre — From a White Supremacist
Assault rifles, body armor, a possible kill list, but not much attention when feds arrested a white man they said was bent on “race war.”